and she will not be able to testify on the hearings on benghazi. the house hearing is still going on and testifying in her place will be bill burns, deputy secretary of state and mead the department resource the. the country, particularly the state of connecticut are reeling from the massacre in newtown. and joining us now is the senator from connecticut richard blumenthal. thank you for being with us. you have served that state for so many years as a former attorney general and now as its senator. tell me about newtown and the people there and obviously, the collective sadness you're trying to bring healing to and answers to the many questions they have. >> newtown is a name probably unknown to most of america, but showing america at its best, and fabric and strength and resolve in the face of this tragedy, it's really extraordinary and it is coming together as america toss at its best and the grief is so deep and so real, you know, this is a town, small town where everybody knows everyone else and i think it's really demonstrating its strength an